but first president obama is taking heat from right wingers like me for doing things with world leaders that we find questionable. the saudis and the handshake with dictator hugo chavez and then this morning our commander-in-chief decided to shake hands with raul castro. mr. bob beckel, he sure seems cozy with the komi's. >> i can't believe you started with that. a guy shakes hands with all of the guys there, and you're making that news. that is bull. >> well i'm not making news. it happens to be news. >> for right wingers. >> it was all over the news. there are other people who are making commentary about this. but look, when you are going down a line of dignitaries and you see a communist leader four guys down, don't you say i'm going to say hello or catch over -- os -- or pass over that. >> do you think he's going to catch communeism by shacking hands. >> what do you think about that. >> on the world stage, with vladimir putin, the president shakes his hand. i don't think the president, he didn't seek out this opportunity. i think it was there. now i remember in 2005 when president b